Human Rights introduced in Tripura School

Updated on: Wednesday, March 21, 2012

The Tripura government has set an example for the rest of the country by introducing human rights as one of the subjects in school curricula.

 The subject will be incorporated for students between Class VI to Class VIII as part of social education subjects to make people aware of their legal and constitutional rights. The State Council of Educational Research and Training have published the text book titled 'Human Rights in Social and Political life', to be introduced in the current academic year.

President of the Tripura unit of Institute of Human Rights Education (IHRE), Krishna Keshab Roy, said they would take up the matter with the state government for introducing the subject in the curricula up to college level. He further said that the Chief Minister Manik Sarkar has assured that the  subject would be included in higher classes and also take up the matter with the Tripura Central University to be introduced there.

I Devasahayam, the National President of Institute of Human Rights Education (IHRE),  told reporters that the state has set an example for the rest of the country. “We have long been trying to make human rights a part of the academic curricula, but Tripura did the job first in the country,” he added.

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